Falaise pocket

August 12–21, 1944 · Normandy

Result Allied victory

Allied forces surrounded much of the German army in Normandy near Falaise. Many Germans escaped, but they lost huge numbers of men and vehicles, which ended the Battle of Normandy.

On the map Contemporaries

Axis

Allies

Germany

United States

United Kingdom

Canada

France

Poland

Adolf Hitler belligerent leader

Walter Model military commander

Günther von Kluge military commander

Paul Hausser military commander

Dwight D. Eisenhower military commander

Omar Bradley military commander

George S. Patton military commander

Bernard Montgomery military commander

Miles Dempsey military commander

Harry Crerar military commander

Strength and losses

Canada Casualties 5,679

Units

Army Group B 7th Army (Wehrmacht) 5th Panzer Army I SS Panzer Corps LXXXIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend 16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 363rd Infantry Division 84th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen

First Army (United States) First Canadian Army Second Army (United Kingdom) US Third Army 1st Armoured Division (Poland) 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division

Before and after

Led to: Liberation of Paris August 19–25, 1944

Related events 1 degree away • 2 degrees away

Falaise pocket

Liberation of Paris